Saint Louis de Montfort was an 18th century French priest known for his devotion to Mary and teaching of total consecration to Jesus through Mary. He taught that the most perfect path to union with Christ was through total consecration, by which one gives all aspects of themselves to Jesus through handing themselves over to Mary. This devotion allows one to fulfill their baptismal vows and receive greater graces. Living consecration involves doing all actions first through, with, in and for Mary in order to do them more perfectly through, with, in and for Jesus.

1. Saint Louis de Montfort and
Total Consecration to Jesus,
Through Mary
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2. Who Was Saint Louis de Montfort?
• Was born in 1673, ordained a
priest in 1700, and died in 1716
• Loved and trusted in God
• Had true and tender devotion to
Mary
• Loved the poor and saw Christ
in them
• Was known for his poverty and
great charity
• Was a brilliant and charismatic
preacher
• Preached 200 missions in
France from 1700 to 1716
• Founded the Daughters of
Wisdom, today numbering
2,300
• Appointed Apostolic Missionary
by Pope Clement XI
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• Canonized a saint in 1948

3. Saint Louis de Montfort Taught
• The Mercy of God
• Hope for sinners
• True and tender devotion to
Mary
He Was Opposed by the
Jansenists Who Taught
• Fear of God
• Unworthiness to receive
frequent communion
• No real tender devotion to
Mary
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4. Saint Louis de Montfort Was
Raised by God
• To fight Jansenism which was condemned as
heresy in 1713
• To be a prophet of a future age of the Church
which would be called “The Age of Mary” and
to prepare the world for the second coming of
Christ
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5. For Union with Christ,
Saint Louis de Montfort Taught
• An ardent and sincere desire to possess the
wisdom of God
• Continual prayer and all means of grace through
the sacraments
• Universal mortification or self denial (dying to
ourselves)
• A true and tender devotion to Mary, which will
lead us to all the other means of obtaining and
possessing Christ
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6. Saint Louis de Montfort’s Greatest
Work - True Devotion to Mary
• Written in 1712 to show us the most perfect way to
Christ Crucified
• Hidden during the French Revolution
• Found 126 years later to start the “Age of Mary”
Quote from Pope John Paul II - “Reading this book
(St.Louis de Montfort’s True Devotion to Mary) was
to be a turning point in my life…. This Marian
devotion … has since remained a part of me. It is an
integral part of my interior life and of my spiritual
theology.”
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7. Why Should You Consecrate
Yourself?
• According to St. Louis de Montfort, the most
effective and excellent way of consecrating ourselves
to Jesus is by consecrating ourselves and our families
to the Blessed Virgin Mary. He says, quot;Whoever then
wishes to advance along the road to holiness, and be
sure of encountering the true Christ, should take up
this devotion to Mary.quot; This devotion consists in
giving oneself entirely to Mary in order to belong
entirely to Jesus through her. This consecration to
Jesus through Mary had been the guiding spirituality
of Pope John Paul II, as indicated in his personal
motto, quot;Totus Tuus,quot; which means “Totally yours,
Mary.” 7

8. Why Jesus Through Mary?
God’s plan for her
redemptive role as
• Our Spiritual Mother
• Mediatrix of all Graces
earned by her Son’s
Passion and Death
• Our Queen of all Hearts,
by God’s Grace
Quote from Saint Augustine - “All
the predestinate are in this
world hidden in the womb of
the Virgin Mary, where they are
guarded, nourished, brought up
and made to grow by the good
mother until she has brought
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them to glory after death.”

9. Catholic Church’s Teaching on
Mary’s Redemptive Role
• For those who know Mary’s place in God’s
plan of salvation, at least a minimum devotion
to Mary is necessary to be saved.
• If we know Mary’s place in God’s plan of
redemption and yet refuse to give her at least
the minimum devotion, love and respect she
deserves, then the person is endangering his
eternal salvation.
• Church Canon Law requires that all of the
faithful must have a filial devotion towards the
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10. Saint Louis de Montfort’s Answer to Our Lady’s
Functions and Redemptive Role Given to Her by God’s
Grace in Our Lives
• Total Consecration by
which a soul fully
acknowledges Mary’s
spiritual Motherhood, her
continued and universal
mediation, and universal
Queenship
• By Total Consecration, a
soul fully acknowledges
Mary’s right over it and
carries that belief into its
everyday life
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11. Total Consecration
• Saint Louis de Montfort
teaches that Total
Consecration is the perfect
form of Devotion to Mary.
• He teaches that it is the
perfect renewal of our vows
at Baptism.
Quote from Saint Augustine -
“… the greatest of all vows
is the one we make at
Baptism…by which we
renounce Satan and his
works, and give ourselves
over completely to Christ
to follow him the rest of
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12. Total Consecration
• Total Consecration is a
giving of ourselves back to
Christ through the hands of
Mary.
• Everything we do is for the
greater glory of God
through our Total
Consecration - the giving of
ourselves entirely to Jesus,
through Mary.
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13. Total Consecration
What We Must Give:
• Our body with all its
senses
• Our soul with all its
powers (intelligence and
free will)
• Our exterior goods
• Our interior and
spiritual goods
Then we should put our
complete trust in
Our Lady and God! 13

14. Total Consecration
What We Can Expect:
• Additional graces to help us
to resist temptation and
avoid sin - more graces than
we would receive had we
not done the Total
Consecration.
• Saint Louis de Montfort
said, “Our Lady is never
outdone in generosity….
For an egg… she gives an
ox.”
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15. Living Our Consecration
• After we give ourselves
to Jesus through Mary,
we then live our
consecration.
• Saint Louis de Montfort
said this is how we are
to live our
Consecration: “You
will do all your actions,
First through Mary,
Secondly with Mary,
Thirdly in Mary, and
Finally for Mary. This is
in order to do them
more perfectly, through
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Jesus and for Jesus.”

16. Quote from Saint Louis de Montfort
“To go to Jesus, we
must go to Mary;
she is our Mediatrix
of Intercession. To
go to God the
Father, we must go
to Jesus; for he is
our Mediator of
Redemption.” (T.D.
#86)
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